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According to a report, Iran fired around 300 missiles and drones into Israel instigating nationwide sirens. Reportedly, 99% were intercepted but there was minor damage to an israeli defence force base in southern Israel, and one child has been injured by shrapnel.

According to the report, the iranian chief of staff said any israeli retaliation will be met with a further attack. Reportedly, g7 will hold a virtual meeting this afternoon (gmt) to discuss the attack.

According to a report, iranian islamic revolutionary guard corps seized a container ship near the strait of Hormuz, a strait between the persian gulf and the gulf of Oman. Reportedly, the portuguese flagged vessel which had set off from a port in the united arab emirates enroute to India is associated with zodiac maritime, a part of the zodiac group run by israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer. According to the report, there were 25 crew members on board.

According to a report, no one knows the whereabouts of Yahya Sinwar, leader of hamas though he is sending his responses to proposals from discussions in Cairo, he is possibly hiding in a tunnel network. He may be disappointed that palestinians in Samaria and east Jerusalem have not risen up against israelis as urged.

Reportedly, according to a poll younger palestinians do not think the two state solution of an independent Palestine alongside Israel will ever emerge, instead under30s want a single state in which they could fight for and win democratic rights. According to the report, they compare their fight with the struggle against apartheid in South Africa.

According to a report, Israel has launched many raids against armed groups and arrested thousands in Samaria. Reportedly, the israeli defence force shot and killed two Palestinians, one was confirmed by hamas to be a local commander.

According to a report, there was violence during a search for a 14 year old israeli boy. Reportedly, the idf intervened and managed to disperse people after dozens of israelis went into al Mughayyir village near Ramallah armed with guns and stones. According to the report, a palestinian man was killed and 35 were injured. Reportedly, the boy who went missing on Friday has not been found.

According to reports, more than 1,200 israelis were killed on October 7 and of the 253 hostages taken into Gaza atleast 34 are dead. Two kibbutzes situated on the border with Gaza were attacked. Reportedly, a quarter of the 400 people living in Kibbutz Nir Oz were killed or taken prisoner, the irony being that kibbutzes have a left wing policy that supports the idea of peace with Palestinians.

According to the report, a resident of Kibbutz Nir Oz said, I wish that there will be a leader to bring some prosperity in Gaza, because in the end we must have peace, but anyone who supports hamas is an enemy. The moment they leave their weapons the war will stop, the moment Israel will leave their weapons we will not exist. That is the difference.

According to a report, u.s. stocks are falling, gold has risen to $2,400 per ounze and oil prices have risen by more than 2% because of trouble in the middle east. Reportedly, u.s. investor attention focused on Friday’s start of the corporate earnings term after data released this week destroyed the possibility that the federal reserve could cut interest rates. According to the report, equity markets took the change in their stride and remained optimistic.

According to a report, more than 1,000 aid trucks have entered Gaza in the past days. Reportedly, Israel said they nearly doubled the number of trucks entering Gaza this week. According to the report, the u.n.’s humanitarian coordinator said Israel’s responsibility does not end at getting aid trucks in but also to ensure that aid agencies have the ability to safely distribute the aid.

Reportedly, Iran said they will avoid a major escalation by acting hastily in their response to an alleged israeli strike on their embassy in Damascus which killed a top iranian commander.

According to a report, the eu have placed hamas and islamic jihad who were already designated terrorist organisations on their human rights sanctions list for widespread sexual and gender based violence. Reportedly, the qassam, al quds brigade and nukhba force are subject to an assets freeze.

According to a report, Russia said that a draft Russia Ukraine agreement negotiated in Istanbul in 2022 could be a preliminary for talks to end the war, however the discussions would have to take into consideration new realities, that is new entities have been included in the constitution.

Reportedly, Switzerland’s government said they will host a conference in June for peace talks in Ukraine, and that they hope Russia will join in the peace process some day. According to the report, Russia has dismissed the ukrainian president’s peace plan that consists of a russian withdrawal and paying compensation to Ukraine.

According to reports, three men were rescued by a u.s. coastguard from an island in Micronesia in the Pacific ocean after they sent a message for help using palm leaves. Reportedly, they had been detailed as missing after they went missing during a trip to the uninhabited coral island of Pikelot. According to the report, the men set off from Polewat atoll on Easter Sunday in a 6 metre boat, after failing to return a relative informed the coastguard that her uncles were missing.

Reportedly, searchers noticed the sign, airdropped a radio and survival packages, and a vessel made its way to the island.

According to a report, muslim and jewish members of the interfaith encounter association (iea) shared an ifta, a ramadan evening meal in the courtyard of the finnish evangelical lutheran mission in Jerusalem on Thursday in a bid to send a message of coexistence. Reportedly, the ifta which was sponsored by the u.s. agency for international development brought together around 80 jews, muslims and christians from throughout Israel and Samaria.

According to the report, iea organiser and manager said this year it was particularly significant amid the ongoing war in Gaza and there was a long waiting list to participate. Reportedly, she said, coming here is a statement, many will tell you this is not the time to meet. We’re telling them quite the opposite.

According to the report, the iea is a non profit organisation founded in 2001 during the second palestinian uprising to create a movement for peace. Reportedly, the director established it in the belief that peaceful relations are a prerequisite for any sustainable political solution to the conflict.

According to the report, today the organisation comprises 40 chapters where israelis and palestinians meet around once a month including in the u.s. and Samaria. Reportedly, the iea offers old and new members the chance to meet and connect, organisers talk about a remedy for prejudice and demonisation, saying with the war the images of the other are magnified therefore its important to come together, look at each other in the eye and remind ourselves we can live together.